What does environmentalist mean in English? Meaning of environmentalist definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "environmentalist" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "environmentalist": someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
Noun
Meaning: someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
Synonyms: conservationist
environmentalist
Hyponyms: green
tree hugger
Hypernyms: crusader
meliorist
reformer
reformist
social reformer
Instance Hyponyms: barbara ward
baroness jackson of lodsworth
carson
rachel carson
rachel louise carson
ward
Adjective: (medicine, social sciences) One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group. 1926, Clark Wissler, The Relation of Nature to Man in Aboriginal America, edition 1971, page 211-212: As we remarked once before, there are two extreme views with respect to life, one attributing everything to the environment, the other to inherent abilities. If, for example, an unusual number of distinguished men are born and reared in the same locality, the environmentalists assert that the causes for their appearance were entirely external and that had their parents changed habitats with those residing elsewhere the result would have been the same, except that the family names of these eminent men would have been different. For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:environmentalist.1926, Clark Wissler, The Relation of Nature to Man in Aboriginal America, edition 1971, page 211-212: As we remarked once before, there are two extreme views with respect to life, one attributing everything to the environment, the other to inherent abilities. If, for example, an unusual number of distinguished men are born and reared in the same locality, the environmentalists assert that the causes for their appearance were entirely external and that had their parents changed habitats with those residing elsewhere the result would have been the same, except that the family names of these eminent men would have been different.For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:environmentalist.One who advocates for the protection of the biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention
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